Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
LIVING ALONE.
fhe IIftle RunaWays Hire a Room
ana SEES Up housekeeping.

Little Iiyulcts u tears dripped from the
tId 0f i0urteen.yCsr.Old Marietta Nels )n' )
nose, sud Cthtr li,tle riyulets stole down
ibc runaway, Redeemed checks and leaked
into Der sCbbing mouth. a. she stood in the
tlaTle,-~tTtet police station, New York
city, l,t night and tried TO tell bow she
cmc Co take Der little brother and leave
Acr comfortable home At their adopted
mothers, Mrs. Dunn's, 9j Greenwich ave-
Iue, tc on saturday evening. The bro
tloT, uyear.Old Fred. stood behind her,
90 lu.dIc % their combined tears.
Tic Two children had been brought TO
Nr, Dunu's house 10y Miss Farrell, Of 4
Morton street, few moments before.
Ms. Dunn had promptly declared that
son ching must be wrong, andhi marched
ile Whole party around TO the station
house, weeping herself mean while, and
'ayin2 things ibh made Miss Farrell weep,
TOO. A lrowD.Up daughter OF Mrs. Dunn
joig.c TIE PARTY add contributed to the
fiinfsH. TIE sergeant expressed willing
ness 20 bear their story. aud each OF the
raIty Immediately gave full and complete
history 81 the ease. The police finally Sc
cured for Miss Farrell 40 opportunity OF
telling without interruption her relation to
tie affair.
She ssid that she lived with her uncle,
Richard G0sgins, tTuckman, at Morton
,'rCel. and that they 1T furnished rooms In
itcir house, as bill on the outside an-
IOunces.
"On Friday evening"" sbe said, "thiS
little boy ccGe 10 the house and asked what
W, The rent Of the room mentioned In the
BIN. told him 81 30 a week. He said he
wanted 10 Know for bis mother, who was
across The street. lie went away, and on
saturday evening about or O'Clock The
little girl came and said her mother wanted
lLe ToOm. She paid rue dollar. Along
about quarter Of ~ the two children
cane together, and said that their
mother was sck aud would not come until
uOfLlng, but THAI they would take tue
DON lbat night. | madetb bed Tor them,
fixed The room nice, aud saw them into It
sli night. When / went down stairs l
found en- envelope they bad left on the
table with $50 In 10 and a note signed
Mrs. Nelson, saying that this was the bal-
ance % weeks rent, aad that she was
sick. but would Dc around herself In the
morning.
"suGGsy morning met the little girl In
the hallway ard said: wen, ala your
mother cCmcf' She said Yes and 1
asked 10 more questions. They were III
ihe room all day SUNDAY, except when Tue
little boy went out Snd got some crackers.
/ supposed their mother was tbere wlth
them. This morning the little BOY came
down and borrowed a broom, saying uts
ulster wanted 10 sweep the room. Juss De-
fore noon the two went out together
"When ny uncle came home from WORK
al yo'elock be brought with bin news
psp,r with report OF two children miss.
Ing. lie said he believed thef were tne
Two children that bad taken thai roon,
and when bad read The Descriptions
thought 30 too. / went right up stairs an1
iouDd the door locked, and 30 far az 4 cou'o
tll tie room was empty. j waitcu Iof
ibem IN the ball. and when they came 10
sloppeo then and asked them Why 'nef
had told me their mother was IN .ps
room. They Old not answer, and asseu
lbtm u they had not run away from mrs.
Dnnn's. They said they bad DOL, pu.
When told them That ! knew they psn
AID showed them The paper they ao'
lDiittd they had. Ny uoeIe told me 70 tAhe
ilem rigbt home. aud did So"
Marietta. wcepjue ALWAYS, Wept Qouvly